Pete Horne picked for injury-hit Scotland
Coach makes four changes for Six Nations match against France
Flyhalf Pete Horne has been drafted into the Scotland team as coach Gregor Townsend made four changes to the line-up for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with struggling France in Paris. Horne replaces talisman Finn Russell, who sustained a head injury in club action last weekend, with Gavin Hastings moving on to the bench as the replacement No 10. There are two other injury-enforced changes in the backline, with Blair Kinghorn replacing Stuart Hogg (shoulder) at fullback and centre Nick Grigg coming into the midfield for Huw Jones (knee). The only switch in the pack from the side that lost 22-13 at home to Ireland on February 9 is flank Magnus Bradbury taking the place of Ryan Wilson (knee), another injury casualty. “Injuries create opportunities for others to show what they can do and throughout the past couple of seasons we’ve seen a number of players really step up,” Townsend said in a statement as he tried to put a positive spin on the team’s misfortune. “All of the players coming ...
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